Fenghou

Chapter 82 Preliminary Competition
At dawn, Chen Qing called the generals to discuss the strategy of the recruits' competition.

Chen Qing said frankly to everyone: "I thought about it all night, and I don't think we actually have an advantage. On the contrary, compared with Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi and the others who selected from tens of thousands of elites, we are even at a disadvantage. If you want to enter the semi-finals or even the finals, you need not only strength, but also brains."

Chen Qing pointed to his head and smiled, "Seven points in strength, three points in strategy, and the right strategy can double our competitiveness. Everyone express their opinions and see what effective strategies can be adopted."

"I know where crotons are sold!" Zheng Ping said excitedly, clenching his fists.

Everyone laughed, and Chen Qing gave Zheng Ping a hard look, "Is your level really that low? You're still at Croton's level, and you've followed me for so long."

"If you don't play dirty, can you win?" Zheng Ping muttered unconvinced.

Hu Yantong chuckled, "Actually, I think what Lao Zheng said makes sense!"

"Look! Look!" Zheng Ping's eyes lit up, he found his confidant, straightened his back a little,

"Even Hu Yan agrees, I said that conspiracy is also an effective method! Commander, don't feel contemptuous when you hear conspiracy."

Chen Qing shook his head, "Then listen to me, what is the best strategy in my opinion?"

After the lobby became quiet, Chen Qing calmly said: "The good strategy I'm talking about is to tap the potential, the optimal combination, such as the bow and arrow battalion, we will definitely select the best archers to form.

But among these archers, some soldiers may also be very good at fighting in actual combat, or they may also have very good physical fitness, so how do we tap the three advantages of the same soldier? "

Liu Qiong, who has been silent all the time, suggested, "A variety of countermeasures can be adopted, and several methods of dividing the business in parallel."

Chen Qing gave a thumbs up and praised: "General Xiao Liu is still smart. When it comes to the key point, we need multiple plans in parallel to deal with different situations. This requires every soldier to participate. According to my order to make a temporary combination."

Zhao Xiaoyi hesitated and said, "But we don't know what competitions there are."

Chen Qing waved his hands and smiled: "It's just those types, archery, military formation, actual combat confrontation, etc. There will definitely be no riding and archery, nor will there be water battles. The key is that we know that the competition is conducted according to battalion. Five hundred people, and in order to prevent cheating, the event may be announced temporarily, but as long as we are fully prepared and formulate multiple plans, we can completely deal with it temporarily."

Hu Yantong said for a long while, "The commander is actually selecting the elite from among [-] people."

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "That's right, others select the elite from among tens of thousands of people. We don't have that condition, so we can only select the high ones from the short ones."

Chen Qing's plan was unanimously supported by everyone. In the morning, everyone finalized eight plans, formed eight mobile battalions, and formulated eight corresponding order flags.

Then according to each soldier's strengths, they were assigned to eight different combat battalions, and some of the strongest soldiers even joined five battalions at the same time.

After the plan is finalized, different combination training will be carried out every day, so that every soldier can know their respective positions.

On the sidelines of the school, Chen Qing smiled and patted Zheng Ping on the shoulder, "Let's talk here."

Zheng Ping came to the side with him in a daze, and Chen Qing asked in a low voice, "Where did you say you can buy crotons in the morning?
Zheng Ping's eyes widened all of a sudden, "What?"

Time flies, half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the day of the competition is getting closer and closer.

This morning, Chen Qing and Hu Yantong came to the new martial arts school. The new martial arts school was built on the bank of the Qiantang River, about [-] miles away from Lin'an City, covering an area of ​​about [-] acres. The school field alone has [-] acres. Shooting, you can gallop on horseback.

There is even a huge wharf where the water army can be trained in the Qiantang River.

This is not only a place for studying martial arts exams, but also a training place for the generals of the Song Dynasty. It is the highest military school of the Song Dynasty.

In the Martial Arts Hall, hundreds of officials and generals gathered together. Zhu Shengfei, a scholar of Guanwendian and a servant of the Ministry of War, is reading out the will of the emperor. His qualifications are higher than that of Li Hui, a privy official. Zhu Shengfei has become the leader of the recruit training competition By.

More than seventy generals gathered together, and everyone stood upright, listening attentively to the emperor's instructions.

Hu Yantong touched Chen Qing with his elbow, pouted forward, and said in a low voice: "The youngest one is Yue Fei!"

Chen Qing cheered up and looked behind Zhu Shengfei. There were seven generals standing behind him, wearing silver helmets. These were all generals above vice-dutong. Chen Qing only knew two people, one was Han Shizhong and the other was Zhu Shengfei. Sun Wo, Sun Wo was originally the commander of the Western Army. He was favored and was strongly recommended by Li Hui, who knew the secret affairs, as the deputy commander of the Shenwu Central Army, that is, Liu Guangshi's deputy.

In addition to Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Sun Wo, Li Heng, and Ju Shigu, there is also a young man in his thirties who should be Yue Fei.

When Chen Qing saw Yue Fei, he had a serious expression, sharp eyes, a long square face, and arrow-like eyebrows. He was indeed handsome and talented.

Next, Li Hui announced the rules of the martial arts competition. There are three parts: preliminary competition, semi-final competition and final competition. The preliminary competition is divided into five groups of gold, wood, water, fire and soil. The top two teams with the highest points will participate in the semi-finals. The semi-finals are knockout matches. The five teams that have eliminated their opponents will enter the finals. The last day is the selection of new generals.

The next step is to draw lots in groups. The chief generals of each team stepped forward to draw lots. Chen Qing stepped forward. At this moment, he saw Wang Bo. Wang Bo's army was the third martial arts army. Among the fifteen martial arts armies, lots were drawn. And Chen Qing drew lots in the regular army.

Wang Bo also saw Chen Qing, he stared at Chen Qing with a half-smile, took out a lottery and left.

Chen Qing also drew a lottery from the regular army, which was a fire lottery.

The fire lottery is the fourth group, Hu Yantong whispered to Chen Qing: "Cao De also got the fire lottery!"

Chen Qing witnessed Cao De's [-] troops. They were selected from tens of thousands of recruits. They were tall, well-trained, and powerful, even surpassing veterans who had served in the army for many years.

Chen Qing had always suspected that they were the imperial army before, and they were recruited again after the team broke up and went home, so they were also considered as recruits.

This is also the advantage of Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and others. They recruit tens of thousands of recruits, with a large base, and then select elites from tens of thousands of people, so each army is very strong, unlike myself, it is not at all There is no choice.

At this time, Hu Yantong came back after inquiring about the news, and said with a smile to Chen Qing: "I just found out that Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun made a request that they should not be grouped together, otherwise it would be unfair to them. The army of Zhang Jun, Han Dutong, Yue Fei, and Li Heng was considered the preferred army. They drew lots yesterday, five groups, one team for each group. The strong player in our group is Cao De's army, and there is no one else. "

Chen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, if Yue Fei's army teamed up with him again, it would be a big headache, maybe even the team would not be able to get out of the line.

The entire recruit training contest lasted for five days in total. The first day was the group match, the second day was the rematch, the third day was a day off, the fourth day was the final, and the fifth day was the rookie contest.

As for what the reward is, it has not been announced yet, and everyone is full of expectations.

On the second day of June, a large camp appeared in the wilderness outside Wuxue. The camp was ten miles long and five miles wide, and could accommodate an army of [-] people.

The tents in the big camp can't be seen at a glance. The thirty-five teams have as many as [-] people and as few as [-] people. They all moved into the big camp the day before. The big camp is divided into forty areas. The area where the Qing army was stationed was called the fifth area, which consisted of two hundred large tents.

A big flag stands in the center of the big tent, with the words "Western Army" written on it.

The atmosphere in the camp was lively, full of laughter and laughter, every army was eager to try, eager to seize the opportunity of this contest.

The application time was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the competition stipulated that the project draw should be carried out fifteen minutes in advance, that is, the lottery would start at two thirty.

Chen Qing came to the school field with [-] soldiers. The first three games were over, and six teams stood out and entered the semi-finals first.

The seven teams lined up neatly on the school field, waiting for the moment of the draw.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

The drums sounded, and an official of the Ministry of War shouted: "The leaders of each team come out!"

The seven generals came to a small table, on which there was a stick. The official in charge picked up the stick and shook it for a while, and a stick jumped out. The official slowly pulled it out. It was a yellow lottery: fifty miles run!

The seven generals breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone was afraid of being drawn into the military formation. The military formation is scored, which is too subjective, and it is very likely that the scoring will be unfair. As for running, this is the basic training of the army, and it is a problem for all troops. not big.

"I'll tell you the rules!"

The chief said loudly to the crowd: "Each army sends [-] people, each takes a number plate, and runs to twenty-five miles away. There are officials waiting there, and the soldiers exchange the number plate in their hands for another number plate." , and then run back to the finish line.

I am here to warn everyone that both sides of the two number plates must be registered, and will be checked at the end. If there is cheating, the team will be eliminated directly. to someone else. "

(End of this chapter)